Attachment to cooking-stoves



R. l. RATHBUN.

Attachment to Cooking Stoves.

Pa nented July 10, 1866.

In {Jeni 07 N. PETERS. mmum mr, Wuhmflon. I10.

A UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROWLAND I. RATHBUN, OF POPLAR RIDGE, NEW YORK.

ATTACHMENT TO COOKlNG-STOVES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 56,266, dated July 10,1866.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ROWLAND I. RATHBUN, of Poplar Ridge, in the countyof Cayuga and State of New York. have invented a new and ImprovedAttachment to Stoves; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable othersskilled in the art to make and us". the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which-Figure 1 is an end elevation of my invention applied to a cook-stove.Fig. 2 is a front elevation. Fig. 3 is a plan or top view.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

My invention consists in an attachment to a stove so constructed andcombined therewith that a shelf or place on which to place cookedvictuals for keeping them warm may be provided.

A designates an ordinary cook-stove, which I have illustrated to showthe application thereto of my invention.

To the legs of the stove, near the backpart and pipe thereof, there aresecured standards B B, which are of a sufficient height to be oted ateach end in the two standards B in such manner that it can, on turning arod, b, connected to it by arms 0 c, be thrown up against the stove-pipeif it be desired to have it entirely out of the Way. It can of course.be let down in the same way, and when down it is supported in ahorizontal position. This shelf 0, whether perforated or solid. providesa place on which to set dishes of victuals to keep them warm while otherfoods are being cooked; also, a place on which to set pans of dough toraise the same, and for a multitude of uses where the oven or thestove-hearth, or a chair or stool set up against the stove, are nowemployed. Thus a convenient and useful attachment to a stove is providedby my invention.

I do not limit myself to the means of attaching the shelf to the stoveherein described, nor do I limit myself to the number of such shelvesemployed. It is obvious that a device answering in all respects asimilar purpose could be attached to different parts of the stove and indifferent ways.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination, with the stove, of a shelf, 0, constructed and arrangedso as to accomplish the purposes specified.

ROWVLANI) I. RATHBUN.

